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The Unaired Pilot: "Comic Sans Snax 'n' Sarnies"

Chance or Chess? a BBC Sherlock Podcast

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The Importance of Symbolism in John's Head

"Why is it that you think it's all in John's head? And this isn't me like, like I genuinely want to know." "We're not really seeing what's written on paper or literally in his head. We're seeing the fourth wall is breaking," he says. The line about the Obama Bride acts as a foreshadowing for series 4 because there are so many parallels between him being a storyteller and self-exploration. He can't say things out loud at all but even writing a letter alone feels safer than talking through code.

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